Heres the deal…

December 21, 2007 at 3:24 am (Master-to-do list, Permanent Marker Tattoos, The Big Move) (, , , , , , , , , )

Because I’m not required to do anything while visiting my hometown, I’ve done a whole lot of nothing. In fact, I have not left this house since I stepped into it Monday(?) evening. The things I have done have included the following: slept, spent more hours a day on this laptop than I would ever like to admit, showered, laundered, consumed food (vegetables!), and made cookies (then ate them all).

I’ve also been doing a lot of thinking about the next few months. I have to really buckle down at school this semester because I don’t want to put off moving to New York any longer than I have to. With that, I also want to do stuff this semester. There is a lot of Richmond I haven’t experienced yet and need to before I leave.

So I’ve decided I have to stage manage the hell out of my own life this semester. 2008 is going to have a schedule and I’m going to stick to it. It is going to have a master to do list that is going to rock. I’ve decided in order to keep myself on the master to do list schedule, I’m going to have a category called master to do. I will occasionally post my master to dos on this here blog (aw golly gee my readers must fancy this idea!).

I’ve also decided that I need to get on the ball with my finances. I am never good with balancing my check book, so I’ve decided that I’m just going to make a fucking excel document (hellz to the yeahizzle)! I’m really good at keeping receipts and throwing them on the table beside my bed and never looking at them again, so the way I figure it I’ll have a hard copy and a soft copy. I’ll keep my hard copy bedside with my receipts and when I’m bored I’ll actually fill it out. Then every month when I get my bank statement I’ll compare, and insert the information into my soft copy, where I will also keep tabs of my paychecks.

I’m incredibly overwhelmed by the potential of awesome my life has right now. I mean, I’m moving to New York. I’m moving to New York with Hope, who is hands down the most level headed and genuine friend I’ve had in years. I’m moving to New York to do what I love, stage manage. I’m moving to New York a year sooner than expected…if all goes accordingly. WHICH IT WILL.

So it all starts here at my blog.

master-to-do list of DOOM
v.1.0
-before I go back to Richmond-
  1. Pay secret credit card bill
  2. Excel Finances.Doc
  3. Go through belongings that are still in my parents house. Take what I want, throw the rest out or consider putting it on ebay.
  4. Put pictures on my computer
  5. Get Ray his Christmas present
  6. Cut my hair, or get it cut
  7. Make my parents buy me a new pair of pants
  8. Make a list of people I need to send snail mail to
    • Uncle Raymond
    • Aunt Mary
    • Clay McAwesome Chapman
  9. Put together my own Address/Email/Phone Number Book
It isn’t too shabby of a list, I mean really if I got off of my lazy fucking ass I could get all of this shit done in a day…with the exception of paying off my credit card bill and persuading my parents to buy me a pair of pants.
This isn’t like some New Year’s revelation or something. I’m really looking forward to the great move and I don’t want anything to get in the way of it. It is going to be stressful enough, the last thing I need is my irresponsibility getting in the way of it. Plus, my family will be super impressed with my ability to get my shit together.
Over preparation, just like a stage manager would, that’s all.
 

The street heats the urgency of now
As you can see there’s no one around
[the smashing pumpkins-1979]

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